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Old 04-13-2017, 03:47 PM
 
Location: NJ
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Originally Posted by moneill View Post
So far this year 450 bombs.But we should count the last one as a bunch more than just one right?

In 2016, the United States dropped 26,171 bombs.

If Trump is going to step up the game from last year -- he will have to increase the pace.

Did you all know we dropped that many bombs last year.
No need to pick up the pace by dropping more bombs.


Drop them when and where it counts, fewer bombs needed.


Remember when obama would warn isis of pending bombing raids?


So Obama drops leaflets to let civilian oil truck drivers know they are going to drop bombs. The civilian drivers go to their isis handlers and say, 'i have a headache, can't drive tonight'. Isis handler says, no problem, We will murder your family if you don't drive tonight"


Or


Wink, wink, obama will drop bombs at this place and time....okay let's change up the schedule.


We have gone from a partner of ISIS in Obama to a serious leader who does not telegraph his punches or draw invisible red lines. No longer are bombs dropped for theatrics, Trump is kicking ace.


Remember when josh earnest told us the world is a more tranquil place because of obama's policies??

 
Old 04-13-2017, 03:53 PM
 
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Originally Posted by WaldoKitty View Post
We had far more powerful. Moab is a firecracker in comparison to this. And this particular shell is a pin prick to what the developed in the 1950s & 1960s.

Truman, LBJ, & Kennedy were too scared to use them.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT5jo7aZzTw
key idea here is 'non nuclear'

your video of a nuclear artillery shell, while very cool, ain't really what he was getting at
 
Old 04-13-2017, 03:53 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Kracer View Post
No need to pick up the pace by dropping more bombs.


Drop them when and where it counts, fewer bombs needed.


Remember when obama would warn isis of pending bombing raids?


So Obama drops leaflets to let civilian oil truck drivers know they are going to drop bombs. The civilian drivers go to their isis handlers and say, 'i have a headache, can't drive tonight'. Isis handler says, no problem, We will murder your family if you don't drive tonight"


Or


Wink, wink, obama will drop bombs at this place and time....okay let's change up the schedule.


We have gone from a partner of ISIS in Obama to a serious leader who does not telegraph his punches or draw invisible red lines. No longer are bombs dropped for theatrics, Trump is kicking ace.


Remember when josh earnest told us the world is a more tranquil place because of obama's policies??

We are invaders in their country, what exactly did they do to us?
 
Old 04-13-2017, 03:56 PM
 
Location: Formerly New England now Texas!
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It makes me wonder why prior Presidents (both Bush and Obama) sat on this stuff. Didn't Bin Laden escape when he was in Afghan tunnels. A few MOAB's could have been effective. Living in caves should not be a solution for terrorists to hide from the U.S.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 04:01 PM
 
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Many will applaud this, but the MOAB has killed a lot more civilians than ISIS fighters. Further Daesh in Afghanistan =/= Daesh in Iraq/Syria. They're a small splinter group of the Taliban that broke off because they were disgruntled and most of their top leadership has been killed in drone strikes.

I just don't see a lot of benefit to dropping this bomb from any perspective. A lot of innocent people died today and those innocent people have long extended families whom may have been civilians before but may very well turn in to combatants now.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 04:13 PM
 
Location: on the edge of Sanity
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Stop this recruiting nonsense. Who recruited the 9/11 hijackers? We were not in Iraq, or Afghanistan and there was no Gitmo or Abu Graib. There's always something to get excited about.
ISIS and Al Qaeda are not countries. They have infiltrated many areas of the Middle East.

By the way, we've been involved in that region for a long time, well before 9/11. You've heard of the Gulf War, right? Actually, we had American troops in Iran in WWII, but I'm not going to post about decades of U.S. involvement in that region.

Why do you think there were 63 American hostages held in Iran? It wasn't because the students felt like kidnapping American citizens, it was because we sided with the Shah. I'm not sure how old you are, but I remember seeing the Ayatollah Khomeini speaking out against the U.S. and his followers burning the American flag while hanging Jimmy Carter in effigy and chanting death to America.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 04:17 PM
 
Location: Pixley
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Originally Posted by swayalot View Post
This was my favorite line of the campaign--
"I would bomb the s*** out of 'em!"
-Trump on ISIS, 2015.
You can't bomb an idea.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 04:18 PM
 
Location: When you take flak it means you are on target
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I think it is pretty simple so far as arabs and muslims go. Either we kill them or they will kill us. Kind of the same with the fat boy in N Korea. Trump just missed his chance to use another moabs to solve the Korea problem.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 04:19 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Originally Posted by DRob4JC View Post
I believe Trump is letting his military personnel who are involved call the shots - and trusting their judgment.

In other words, he is governing and allowing people to do their job.
Then again, he said he knew more than all the generals, during his campaign.
 
Old 04-13-2017, 04:20 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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Originally Posted by jamies View Post
I think it is pretty simple so far as arabs and muslims go. Either we kill them or they will kill us. Kind of the same with the fat boy in N Korea. Trump just missed his chance to use another moabs to solve the Korea problem.
You advocating killing the 1.6 billion Muslims on this planet?
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